Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 01/01/2018 to 03/31/2018

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1 This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the. Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 01/01/2018 to 03/31/2018, Forestwide (excluding s occurring in more than one Forest) Over Snow Vehicle Use Designation EIS Re-issue Pacific Gas and Electric Company Permits - Recreation management :10/2018 NOI in Federal Register 02/27/2015 Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 03/2018 Analysis for over snow travel by tracked vehicles and trail grooming 12/2018 Jennifer Marsolais jennifermarsolais@fs.fe d.us UNIT - All Units. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine, Amador, El Dorado, Placer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Entire forest. Re-issue easement and permit for existing distribution power lines. Michelle Zuro-Kreimer mzurokreimer@fs.fed.u s UNIT - All Units. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador, El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Various location across the forest., Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide) PG&E Transmission Line Herbicide Maintenance - Facility management Scoping Start 01/12/2017 Est. Comment Period Public Notice 02/2018 :04/ /2018 Jennifer Marsolais jennifermarsolais@fs.fe d.us Proposal to approve the use of herbicides and mastication as part of PG&E's transmission line maintenance vegetation management program. UNIT - Placerville Ranger District, Georgetown Ranger District, Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador, El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Salt Springs-Tiger Creek, French Meadows-Middle Fork, Middle Fork #1, Middle Fork-Gold Hill, and El Dorado-Missouri Flat #1 and 2 transmission lines. 01/29/ :57 pm MT Page 1 of 10

2 , Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide) Twofer Forest Health Scoping Start 10/05/2017 Est. Comment Period Public Notice 06/2018 :11/ /2018 Dana Walsh To reduce surface fuels, thin commercial and non-commercial plantations, and install strategic fuel breaks along US Highway UNIT - Pacific Ranger District, Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Vicinity of Highway 50, including the Cleveland, Ice House, and Pilliken fire footprints, on the north and south side of Highway 50, El Dorado County. Primarily T12N R14E and T11N R14E, MDBM. Allen Camp Motorcycle Trail Restoration Bear River Grazing Allotment Management Plan Amador Ranger District (excluding s occurring in more than one District) - Recreation management - Grazing management Scoping Start 09/15/2017 Comment Period Public Notice 10/27/2017 :04/2018 :04/ /2018 Joseph Chow jmchow@fs.fed.us Repair and restore sections of Allen Camp Trail (17E19) to meet standards and guides, to eventually reopen the segment of the trail to public motor vehicle use. UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Allen Camp Trail 17E19, 1/2E Section 17 and 1/4 NE Section 20, T.9 N, R 16 E, M.D.B.&M. 06/2018 Robin Wall rwall@fs.fed.us Develop Allotment Management Plan for the Bear River Grazing Allotment that will be incorporated into the term grazing permit and used to guide management of grazing operations, including issuance of a special use permit for use of Dufrene cow camp. UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Bear River Allotment is bounded on the north by Highway 88, the south by the Mokelumne River, the west by the Forest boundary and the east by Cole Creek and upper Bear River Reservoir. 01/29/ :57 pm MT Page 2 of 10

3 CalTrans 88 GazEx Installation Cole Forest Health Foster Meadow Restoration Amador Ranger District (excluding s occurring in more than one District) - Road management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Scoping Start 08/15/2016 Actual: 08/10/2017 :03/ /2017 Sean McGinness smcginness@fs.fed.us Caltrans proposes to install three new GazEx exploders at Carson Spur. State Route 88 is a major trans-sierra transportation corridor. The work is needed to keep the highway open during the winter months and to provide for public safety. UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is located along State Route 88 adjacent (south) to the %u201ccarson Spur%u201D, between milepost 69.8 and Marc Young mdyoung@fs.fed.us Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape on approximately 500 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and reconstructing roads. UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South of Highway 88 and Bear River Reservoir. Chuck Loffland (209) cloffland@fs.fed.us UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Foster meadow: approximately 40 miles east of Jackson, Ca., one mile north of State Highway 88, in the vicinity of the Peddler Hill maintenance station. 07/2018 The proposed project is to implement near-complete gully fill. Road crossing would use a rock/soil fill with vegetation transplants to raise both the channel and floodplain to match the existing culvert invert/floodplain elevation. 01/29/ :57 pm MT Page 3 of 10

4 Kirkwood Weather Program PG&E Distribution Lines, Special Use Permit Panther Forest Health Amador Ranger District (excluding s occurring in more than one District) - Recreation management Actual: 09/26/2017 Actual: 11/02/ /2017 Sean McGinness smcginness@fs.fed.us Kirkwood Mountain Resort (KMR) proposes another snow plot sampling location at approximately 8500' between Whiskey Slide and Summer Road, and to relocate anemometer to south side of Chair 6 patrol building and raise to standard elevation of 30'. UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Kirkwood Mountain Resort. Sean McGinness smcginness@fs.fed.us Consolidate Special Use Permit for new and existing PG&E power lines; to include a main 12 kv line, 2 distribution lines and 5 tap-lines. UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. See "Other project information". Paul Leusch pleusch@fs.fed.us UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South of Highway 88 in the vicinity of Panther Ridge. 11/2017 Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape on approximately 3,350 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and reconstructing roads. 01/29/ :57 pm MT Page 4 of 10

5 Power Fire Reforestation EIS Power Fire Road Reconstruction (Culvert Improvements) Scottiago Forest Health Scottiago Road Hazard Tree Abatement *NEW LISTING* *NEW LISTING* Amador Ranger District (excluding s occurring in more than one District) - Road management - Road management Est. Scoping Start 12/2017 Est. Scoping Start 03/2018 Est. Scoping Start 12/2017 Actual: 12/20/2017 :01/2018 :03/2019 :02/2018 Marc Young (209) mdyoung@fs.fed.us UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South of CA 88 between Ham's Station & Lumberyard, down to the North Fork Mokelumne River, approx 40 miles east of Jackson, CA. Rocio Espinoza respinoza02@fs.fed.us UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Within upper Mokelumne River Watershed, the project boundaries are Hwy 88 on the north, Mokelumne Wilderness on the east, North Fork Mokelumnne River along the south, and pvt. property on the west. Marc Young mdyoung@fs.fed.us UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Bewteen Highway 88 and Omo Ranch road to the western forest boundary. Chuck Loffland (209) cloffland@fs.fed.us UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador, El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North of State Highway 88 and west of Panther Creek Road and Highway 88 intersection. 01/29/ :57 pm MT Page 5 of 10 03/2018 The project includes planting and release of seedlings. Portions of the area may require site prep before planting, including hand cutting, mechanical site prep, and herbicides. 06/2018 Replace 92 culverts and install two new water control structures on NFS roads within watersheds affected by the 2004 Power Fire. Majority of culverts will be upsized from 18 inches to 24 inches in diameter, replaced in kind, or sized accordingly. 07/2019 Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape on approximately 1,000 acres by commercially and precommercially thinning, understory burning, and reconstructing roads. 06/2018 Felling and removal of hazard trees along approximately 67 miles of road to maintain roads for public health and safety.

6 11E44 Trail Reroute Chiquita Understory Burn Ralston Afterbay Sediment Removal Rock Creek Trail Reroutes *NEW LISTING* *NEW LISTING* Georgetown Ranger District (excluding s occurring in more than one District) - Recreation management - Recreation management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Scoping Start 10/02/2017 Est. Scoping Start 01/2018 Scoping Start 07/11/2017 Est. Scoping Start 01/2018 :01/2018 :06/2018 :01/2018 :09/ /2018 Hannah Stone hannahstone@fs.fed.us This project involves constructing a reroute of the 11E44 Trail, which was damaged due to a landslide from the storms. UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. This project is located approximately 8 air miles east of Georgetown. 09/2018 Scott Burghardt sburghardt@fs.fed.us Understory burning is proposed for 28 units covering approximately 2,544 acres. The project would reintroduce fire back into fire-dependent ecosystems. Hand thinning using chainsaws, pruning,& hand piling may occur to prepare for prescribed burning. UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. T13N R11E Sec 28, 32, 33; T12N R11E Sec 2-4, 8, 10-13, 15, 16, 21-27, 33; T12N R12E Sec 30, 32, 33; T11N R11E Sec 1, 2, /2018 Jonathan Jue jjue@fs.fed.us A special use permit would be issued to Placer County Water Agency to remove sediment from Ralston Afterbay (also known as Oxbow Reservoir) & stockpile the sediment at Junction Bar. A temporary access road would be built over the Rubicon River. UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado, Placer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. This project is located approximately 8 air miles northeast of Georgetown, CA. 04/2021 Jonathan Jue jjue@fs.fed.us This project involves constructing 12 trails and restoration and rehabilitation of 9 existing trails that would be replaced by 9 of the trail reroutes. Estimated trail construction is 4.8 miles. Estimated trail restoration is 2.4 miles. UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The trail reroutes and new trail construction would be located in various locations on the Rock Creek Trail System. 01/29/ :57 pm MT Page 6 of 10

7 John Don't Forest Health/Fuels Reduction Ralston Peak Trail Reconstruction Pacific Ranger District (excluding s occurring in more than one District) - Recreation management Comment Period Public Notice 11/01/2017 :04/2018 Actual: 12/28/ /2018 Dana Walsh danawalsh@fs.fed.us Vegetation removal through timber harvest, hand thinning and burning, mastication, piling and prescribed burning, meadow and aspen enhancement, stream improvement, and road improvement. UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. El Dorado County, Pacific RD, Crystal Basin Recreation Area near Wright's Lake. 01/2018 Jon Erickson jonerickson@fs.fed.us Reconstruct a segment of Ralston Peak trail to reduce meadow impacts. Restore an old section of trail within the meadow. UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - T11N, R17E, Section 4. Ralston Peak Trail intersection with Ralston Trail (17E41). Big Dog Fuels Reduction Placerville Ranger District (excluding s occurring in more than one District) Allen Speering aspeering@fs.fed.us The project involves forest thinning and fuels reduction activities on approximately 1,000 acres. Commercial and pre-commercial thinning with follow-up prescribed burning in plantations and mixed conifer stands to improve forest health. UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The planning area is located east of Grizzly Flat, CA. 01/29/ :57 pm MT Page 7 of 10

8 Brown Rock Forest Health Caltrans Highway 50 Hazard Tree Removal 2017 Caltrans Stockpile Site SUP Echo Summit 1101 Cable Replacement - PG&E Placerville Ranger District (excluding s occurring in more than one District) - Road management Actual: 10/16/2017 Actual: 10/31/2017 Actual: 07/27/2017 Allen Speering aspeering@fs.fed.us Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape on approximately 3,000 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and reconstructing roads. UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North and south of Mormon Emigrant Trail road. Teresa Fraser tfraser@fs.fed.us UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. From mile posts 34.2 (Forest boundary) and 66.5 (Echo Summit) of US Highway 50, El Dorado County, CA. Teresa Fraser tfraser@fs.fed.us UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. US highway 50 near Riverton; Latitude: ; Longitude: Teresa Fraser tfraser@fs.fed.us UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Sierra at Tahoe Ski Resort. 10/2017 Re-issue a special use permit to Caltrans for removal of hazard trees within 200 feet of centerlines on both sides of highway 50, from mile posts 34.2 (Forest boundary) and 66.5 (Echo Summit) of US Highway 50. Work will be completed by Caltrans. 10/2017 Re-issue a special use permit to Caltrans for use of Piney Point as a stockpile site/staging area for road repair of Highway /2017 The project will increase the reliability of PG&E's Echo Summit 1101 distribution line. This will involve installation of 5,800 feet of aluminum underground cable in new 4-inch conduit along an existing jeep trail at the Sierra-at- Tahoe resort. 01/29/ :57 pm MT Page 8 of 10

9 General Sherman Forest Health Straw Saddle Fuels Reduction TimeMyRace Mountain Bike Enduro Placerville Ranger District (excluding s occurring in more than one District) Est. Scoping Start 02/2018 :09/ /2018 UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located between Mormon Emigrant Trail road and Silver Fork road. Dana Walsh danawalsh@fs.fed.us Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape on approximately 3,000 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and reconstructing roads. Allen Speering aspeering@fs.fed.us The project includes commercial and pre-commercial thinning and prescribed burning on approximately 2,000 acres to improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape. UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is located in the vicinity of Packsaddle Pass and Cody Lake. Kate Eccles keccles@fs.fed.us TimeMyRace is proposing a mountain bike enduro on the Fleming Meadow trail system on July 15, Participants would complete as few as one and as many as three laps of a loop utilizing non-motorized trails in the Fleming Meadows system. UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The activity will start and end at the Fleming Meadow Trail head and utilize the non-motorized trail system in that area. 01/29/ :57 pm MT Page 9 of 10

10 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC or call (800) (voice) or (202) (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the. 01/29/ :57 pm MT Page 10 of 10